After being on the run for almost twenty years Sicilian Mafia also known as Cosa Nostra boss Domenico Rancadore was found hiding in London,England. He was living the quiet life with his family as a business man under the name of Marc Skinner in a modest house in Uxbridge. Neighbors say that they had … [Read more…]
One of the reputed top bosses in the Calabrian Mafia or Ndrangheta known as the most powerful drug broker in the world has been busted in Bogota , Colombia. Roberto Pannunzi was arrested by the Colombian defense ministry using a tip from the U.S. DEA. Italian anti-mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri called Pannunzi the “Pablo … [Read more…]
Actor James Gandolfini who is known by many as mob boss Tony Soprano from the HBO series The Sopranos passed away from a suspected heart attack while in Italy. The 51 year old Gandolfini was on Holiday when he suddenly passed away. Many mafia movie enthusiasts and mob followers will forever remember Gandolfini for … [Read more…]
At Least twenty five people were swept up by police in and around Montreal as part of operation argot a drug bust targeting members of the Montreal mafia. According to reports, many people arrested were associates of Raynald Desjardins alleged Montreal mobster and former right-hand man of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto. The operation … [Read more…]
Reputed Detroit Mafia soldier Joseph “Jo Jo” Ruggirello passed away from diabetic related illness at the age of 82. The Ruggirello family has deep family roots tied to the Detroit crime family as his father Antonio “Big Tony” Ruggirello longtime driver and bodyguard of one time Detroit mob boss William “Black Bill” Tocco and … [Read more…]
The decimation of the Rosarno Clan of the Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia by Italian authorities continued with the surrender of acting boss Giuseppe Pesce. After being on the run for the last three years Pesce accompanied by lawyers turned himself into authorities telling his defense lawyers “Enough, Im tired of running” asking them to … [Read more…]
Wiretaps from Sicily shed more light on the Montreal mafia war and the inner workings and power of mob boss Vito Rizzuto. According to these secret wiretaps, Vito Rizzuto broke one of the Mafia’s century old rules by inducting non-Italians into his mafia family. Two of these non-Italian inductees were Raynald Desjardins and Juan … [Read more…]
Joseph Gallo was at one time a powerful mob captain in the Cleveland Mafia under then boss Angelo “Big Ange” Lonardo. He passed away in federal prison medical center with the cause of death yet to be released at the age of 75. The Cleveland mob story thirty years ago played out in the … [Read more…]
Who leads the Philadelphia mafia now is a question being asked by everyone from mob insiders to law enforcement. Reputed acting boss Joe Ligambi is in prison awaiting retrial on racketeering conspiracy charges and many other family leaders were convicted in the latest Philly mafia trial. This has seemingly created a leadership void in … [Read more…]
The efforts by enemies of the Rizzuto crime family to wrestle away control of Montreal mafia in a bloody Montreal Mafia war while mob boss Vito Rizzuto was imprisoned seem to have failed according to crime experts. Since Vito Rizzuto was released from prison in the U.S. after a ten-year term and returned to Canada … [Read more…]
After three weeks of deliberations the jury in the latest Philadelphia mafia trial acquitted reputed Philly mob boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi on five charges and deadlocked on four others. The case targeted the alleged illegal gambling and loan sharking rackets being run by Ligambi and the Philly mafia. The government’s case was considered … [Read more…]
After twenty-one days of deliberations, the jury in the Philadelphia mafia trial against reputed Philly mob boss Joseph Ligambi and co-defendants reaches a partial verdict today. The jury convicted three of the six defendants which included alleged underboss Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, soldier Damion “Dame” Canalichio, and associate Gary Battaglini on trial with Ligambi on … [Read more…]
Gianni Nicchi was sentenced to ten years in prison Wednesday in Palermo. The 31-year-old Nicchi is a boss in the Sicilian mafia also known as Cosa Nostra and was dubbed the boy wonder of the Sicilian mafia. He climbed through mob ranks quickly after the arrest of Salvatore Lo Piccolo then the “boss of … [Read more…]
One of leading Russian Mafia bosses Aslan Usoyan also known as Grandpa Hassan was gunned down by a single shot from a sniper while leaving a restaurant in Moscow. The 75-year-old gangster barely survived an attempt on his life back in 2010. Authorities believe that the previous incident in 2010 and the assassination now are … [Read more…]
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Han urged jurors in the ongoing Philadelphia mafia trial against mob boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi and six co-defendants to find them guilty based on the secretly recorded conversation. Han said “There words define them” and to “consider the words that came out of there mouths” during his closing argument … [Read more…]